Digitalize my old journals

Thinking back on it now I think it was a huge waste of time. Now I keep my journal on the computer. I miss handwriting, but it saves on space and money for new journal books all the time.

I’ve kept journals since I was in high school but stopped for a while because my father read them without my permission. Writing about personal experiences has always been an essential expression for me so when I learned about blogs, I immediately switched to writing one.

• I like organizing my stuff
• I’m usually online nowadays, so blogging isn’t hard to do, and
• I wanted to keep some things to myself, in digital format. My family aren’t really into computers so what I do online isn’t of much interest to them.

Digitalizing all my journals took quite a while, with me typing a lot and even scanning certain excerpts (see random example). It was certainly a cathartic experience. Viewing my old entries alongside the ones I’m making right now was satisfying and made me realize how far I’ve come. :)

About 4 years ago I started keeping my journal in a digital format. I can’t believe how accessible it has become. It is amazing how often I read old entries for various reasons. Through the years I’ve come up with a few conventions that I use, and now I can’t even fathom NOT keeping my journal in a digital format. Someday I’ll get around to digitalizing my “old” journals.

I kept journals since I was twelve and I have recorded a lot of awesome memories. Unfortunately, I have boxes and boxes of them that I don’t want to store anymore. Also, I want to edit certain things that would be hurtful to family members. The main reason I am doing this is so one day my kids will be able to see what I was like when I was young.